Poste Business Plan ready before the summer
Massimo Sarmi, the new managing director of Italian post office Poste, says that the new business plan will be ready before the summer and will be implemented from January 2003.
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German Parcel co-operation with E med transrapidus
E med trans rapidus, a logistics company based near Wurzburg (Bavaria) providing document and parcel services for public authorities and law courts, has braodened its co-operation with German Parcel, Neuenstein.
Read MorePostcomm consults on licence modifications for Hays and TNT
On 24 May Postcomm began consultation on applications from Hays Commercial Services and TNT UK Ltd for modifications to their interim postal licences. The companies wish to be able to carry out a wider range of activities for their existing business customers in the event of industrial action by Royal Mail workers or an emergency or a natural disaster.
Read MoreUPS Unveils Exciting Expansion in Services for Global Shippers;
24 May 2002. UPS has announced the acquisition of 7 regional Brokerage & Forwarding operators in parallel to the Fritz acquisition
Read MoreNissan win for Richard Lawson
Nissan Distribution Service has chosen Richard Lawson Autologistics to transport its new generation Primastar and Interstar commercial vans throughout the UK. Deliveries have begun of the Interstar model from the NDS Sunderland site direct to dealerships.
Read MoreDPWN Wants Partner for eVITA Shopping
Deutsche Post Management said that it was looking for a strategic partner for eVITA, the group’s internet shopping portal, and added that it did not rule out a sale of the operations. Deutsche Post stressed that online activities such as ePost and Deutsche Post Com had already been integrated into the group’s letter division.
Read MoreDPWN Dumps Digital Signature Business
Deutsche Post, the German postal service operator, has announced that it is to withdraw from its business with digital signatures, declaring at the same time that it was to sell its loss-making subsidiary Signtrust. Deutsche Post said its withdrawal was due to the fact that the market appears to be unready for digital signature technology, meaning that it could not implement its strategy for this area of the business.
Read MorePost shutdown threat as union votes to take action
THE country is facing complete shutdown of post offices and postal delivery services from the beginning of next month after Communications Workers’ Union members voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.
Of the 7,479 members who voted, almost 90pc supported the proposal for industrial action against An Post. The union has served An Post with two weeks’ notice.
The CWU said in a statement last night it regretted such action was necessary to prompt inclusive and substantive dialogue with company management.
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